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Background information· Causes Listeriosis· Occurs primarily in newborn babies, the elderly, pregnant women and people with immunodeficiency's· If infection spreads to nervous system it can cause meningitis· It kills at least 1 in 5 people it infects· Can occur up to 2 months after eating contaminated food…read more

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Symptoms· Fever· Muscle aches· Diarrhoea· Headache· Stiff neck· Mild flu like illness (only in pregnant women)· Infections during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, still birth, premature delivery or life threatening infection in newborns…read more